Sir Michael Rocks - Premier Politics 1.5 Review

Last September one half of The Cool Kids, Mikey Rocks or Sir Michael Rocks went on his lonely releasing his second mixtape Premier Politics, a decent yet flawed offering. During the recording process of that free-lease, an excess amount of songs were made in order for one tape, and remained unreleased – up until now, as he newest member of the Jet Life Recordings family aka the ‘Top Notch Nautica Nice Guy’ serves up those songs in the form of Premier Politics 1.5.
Smilar subject matter which grows tiresome towards the end, but its for nice for Mikey Rocks and Sir Michael to be slighty varied characters. The tape overall is laid-back and smooth, both in production and verse content. Despite being a member of The Cool Kids, listening to Premier Politics 1.5, it’s easy to see Sir Michael has enrolled in extra-curricular activities when it comes to the art of rhyming....full text Jet Life Recordings signee and one 1/2 of The Cool Kids Mikey Rocks is back with a new mixtape folks. Compiled with tracks that didn’t make the final cut of last years Premier Politics mixtape (solid for what was supposed to be his debut album), this is set to be a return to the chilled raps over cloudy instrumental formula that’s been working so well for him.

Features and production come from a few familiar faces including Chuck Inglish, Cookin’ Soul, Taylor Gang producer Cardo as well as Tooth Pick Clique (his crew if you didn’t know) members Shorty K & Tris J. Whether you’re a fan of The Cool Kids or not, I recommend this and the tape that came before it, nice relaxed alternative to the generic mainstream sound that dominates Rap music today. ...full text When Sir Michael Rocks, of The Cool Kids, hit the studio to record Premier Politics last year, he ended up churning out more tracks than what was heard on the original mixtape. As such, he put together Premier Politics 1.5, which features 13 new tracks from the Chicago rapper and his cohorts in The Toothpick Clique. You'll also find collaborations with fellow Cool Kid Chuck Inglish, Cardo, and BrandUn DeShay. ...full text